Napkin-holder.



No. 793.473 PATENTED JUNE 2'7, 1905. S. VAN DUZER.

NAPKIN HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED nov. 4, 1904.

are. 793,478.

UNITED STATES Patented June 27, 1905.

SARAH VAN DUZER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

NAPKlN-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No."793,4=78, dated June27, 1905.

Application filed November 4, 1904. Serial No. 231,461.

To all whom it ntay concern.-

Be it known that I, SARAH VAN DUZER, a citizen of the United States,residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York,have invented new and useful Improvements in Napkin-Holders, of whichthe following is a specification.

This invention relates to napkin-holders; and the object thereof is toprovide a device which embodies the function of a napkin-ring as well asforming a hanger or support for the napkin. To this end the device isadapted for use for holding a napkin in place upon a table and is alsoadapted as a convenient and efiicicnt means for attaching the napkin tothe wearing-apparel of a person using the napkin, so that the napkinwill act as a covering and protection for the dress while eating.

The invention further aims to provide a napkin-holder which shall besimple in its construction, strong, durable, efficient in its use, andcomparatively inexpensive to manufacture.

In describing the invention in detail reference is had to theaccompanying drawings, which forma part of this invention and wherein isshown the preferred embodiment of the invention; but it is evident thatchanges, variations, and modifications can be made which come within thescope of the claim hereunto appended.

In the drawings, wherein like reference characters denote correspondingparts throughout the several views, Figure 1 is a perspective Viewshowing a napkin-holder constructed in accordance with this inventionused as a napkin-ring. Fig. 2 is an elevation illustrating a holderconstructed in accordance with this invention used as a support orhanger for connecting the napkin to the wearing-apparel of a person, soas to protect the garment of the person using the napkin while eating;and Fig. 3 is a perspective view of a napkin-holder constructed inaccordance with this invention.

A napkin-holder constructed in accordance with this invention is formedfrom a single piece of spring-wire looped to form a body portion orspringcoil1,the bodyportion or springcoil being formed of two or moreloops, preferably in the manner as shown. The curvature of each of theloops of the body portion 1 extends in the same plane throughout-that isto say, the curve thereof is not broken or mutilated, but continuous inthe same plane. One end of the wire is provided with a spherical portion2, and the said end, which carries the spherical portion 2, is bentrearwardly at a slight inclination, as at 3, to enable the napkin to bereadily inserted when it is desired to spread the napkin whenconnectingit through the medium of the holder to the garment of aperson, as shown in Fig. 2. The other end. of the wire is bent in a'vertical manner, as at 4, and then rearwardly and downwardly at aninclination, as at 5. This manner of bending the wire forms a hook orattaching means for connecting the holder to the garment of a person.

When using the holder asanapkin-ring, the napkin is folded and insertedthrough the spring-coil, as shown inFig. 1, and when connecting thenapkin to agarment, so as to protect the latter while eating, the napkinis inserted between the coils and spread out in the manner as shown inFig. 2, and the hooked portion of the holderis inserted over theneckband of a garment or any other part thereof where the hook can beattached.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is

A napkin-holder comprising a body portion embodying a spring-coil, eachof the loops of the coil having the curvature thereof continuous in thesame plane, said body portion having one end thereof extendingrearwardly atan inclination and the other end vertically, rearwardly anddownwardly at an inclination, said rearwardly-extending portionsarranged at the back of the body portion, one of saidrearwardly-extending portions provided with an enlargement.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

SARAH VAN DUZER.

Witnesses:

EDW. E. CoMBs, HENRY J. CoL'rI-IURsT.

